Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Send us Fan MailSunday, 15 September 2024Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle BAntiphons on p 1256 and Readings on p 1258 of the Daily Missal and p731 of the Sunday MissalResponsorial Psalm: Psalm 116:1-2.3-4.5-6.8-9 (R. 9)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. I will walk in the presence of the Lord​in the land of the living.I love the Lord, for he has heardmy voice, my appeal;for he has turned his ear to mewhenever I call.They surrounded me, the snares of death;the anguish of the grave has found me;anguish and sorrow I found.I called on the name of the Lord:“Deliver my soul, O Lord!”How gracious is the Lord, and just;our God has compassion.The Lord protects the simple;I was brought low, and he saved me.He has kept my soul from death,my eyes from tears,and my feet from stumbling.I will walk in the presence of the Lordin the land of the living.R/. I will walk in the presence of the Lord​in the land of the living.Second Reading: James 2:14-18A reading from the Letter of Saint James.What does it profit, my brothers and sisters, if a person says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.The Word of the LordPlease stand for the GospelAlleluia, alleluia. Far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Alleluia.Gospel: Mark 8:27-35A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.At that time: Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” And he charged them to tell no one about him.And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men.”And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s will save it.The Gospel of the LordCommunion AntiphonHow precious is your mercy, O God! The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.2